I did it and had GREAT results!!

The diet is KEY as is sticking to it throughout the 3 months (or longer). I did not do the yoga at all but I did the work outs the other 5 days per week and didn't skip a day.

And you're right, it teaches you a lot about dieting and eating right to minimize fat gain.

i LOVE the yoga, took me a while though. it's fucking intense.

I don't buy any of the products (shit) they promote, i just eat healthier, and smaller portions. Eating once a day sounds like it would be bad for your body. From what I heard keeping food in your stomach, even smaller amounts not only makes you feel more full (not hungry and craving) but it keeps your metabolism working more and burning more instead of sitting idle and storing fat.

It works for me anyway, when I don't eat for 8-10 hours I get real hungrey and wind up eating a huge meal. Now that I am doing portions, I am never hungry and eat less and I never feel starved.

everyone has an opinion. I've heard too many success stories from people on here, online in general and too many "legit" before and after pictures to see the system works, so thanks for your input, I will go with what they are saying though.

I stay away from sat fat and cholesterol because I always do, mine is currently high and I have heart disease in my family history. I stay away from those for health reason.

i hear ya, not trying to mess with what works for you. keep up the good work.

actually, keeping food in your stomach has been shown to be counter-productive to fat loss. in a nutshell, your body is in either a fed or fast state at any one time. while in the fed state, your body constantly produces insulin, and other hormones. research has shown that you are not in fat burning mode when insulin is being produced and in the bloodstream.

that being said, i think that is secondary to the total amount of cals consumed. eat less than maintenance and weight loss occurs. once you get to the point where you literally have <5 lbs to lose, things like the above help, eating fatty acids. etc.

Jay Cutler told me eating at least 6 meals a day is the only way to do it... the body is like a sponge....

the more you give it the more it lets go of.. the dryer the sponge is you will hold on to everything...


:) something tells me the dood knows what he's talking about.... how many time's has he won now?

if you do everything they have in those videos 100% chance you'll be in really good shape. problem is 99% of people don't finish.

I've used p90x... It's a hell of a work out if you mix some weights with it. That's what is nice about it though, do it at your level, do it at home or the office, go slow or go big, even my kids use it - just stick with it!

If you want to save yourself some money, get just as good as a workout, and some kick ass advice from a health nut... check out this guys Youtube channel https://youtube.com/user/scooby1961

i couldn't care less what a steroid freak has to say about nutrition. fact is, my experience is my own, i am writing about that. not what someone tells me about something. either way, you are more than free to continue to carry around tupperware meals everywhere you go so you can eat every 3-4 hours:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

a good research study on intermittent fasting

Does intermittent fasting preserve muscle mass during weight loss?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract

In sum, intermittent CR and daily CR diets appear to be equally as effective in decreasing body weight, fat mass, and potentially, visceral fat mass. However, intermittent restriction regimens may be superior to daily restriction regimens in that they help conserve lean mass at the expense of fat mass. These findings add to the growing body of evidence showing that intermittent CR may be implemented as another viable option for weight loss in overweight and obese populations.

I work from home so it's easy. But even if I didn't I don't think it would be that hard. Wake up eat some egg whites and turkey bacon 8am. 12pm eat 1/2 your lunch. 4pm eat lunch leftovers, 9pm eat very light dinner. If you stay up like me late (3am) then around midnight eat an energy bar. Even if I worked out of an office or for someone else, that wouldn't be hard to do.


The one thing I learned looking into this stuff is that everyone has different things they swear by. Eat several times a day, small portions vs only eat once a day. Do cardio, no do just weights, eat more carbs, no don't eat carbs, eat fats, etc... Besides the fact that no one agrees (mainly because most programs are trying to sell their system and they have to be different then the other programs), i think a lot comes down to what works for different people is different things. One thing might work like gold for someone who is in shape and looking to get more tone then what would work for someone looking to drop 20 pounds and get into better shape etc.

The one thing I noticed from all of the P90X before and after pictures is that most people were just a little over weight (10-20 pounds) and already in ok shape, had muscle tone etc... I didn't see many people who were already very buff nor did I see many who were fat. So it fit my situation exactly. I want to drop 20 pounds (was 206, currently 200 and I would like to get down to 185). I am already in pretty decent shape and have muscle tone. Just need to shed those couple pounds and shape up what I have better.

that's exactly my point- consistency and sticking to it are key, find out what works best in that way and make your life easy. i find it easier to eat foods i like and enjoy and i also like to partake in social eating/drinking. 5-6 meals a day interferes with that while intermittent fasting lends itself to that. hell i'm eating pancakes, whole eggs, whole milk, butter, all the fun stuff and drinking alcohol and my bf is still sub 10% after 5 weeks.

i still plan on doing a round of insanity in a couple months though, i like to check these programs out for myself.

:)

my personal goal is to just eat 90% right now for nutritional value, not for the mere enjoyment of eating good food, and foods that I like. I want to get to a place I am happy with, weight/muscle tone. Then once there I will crank up the enjoyment eating, as long as my working out cancels out a little bad eating I will loosen up the reigns. If I start to lose shape or gain weight, I cut back more and get it under control... that's the plan anyway :)